Program Requirement:
This M.A. program focuses on Educational Leadership, with an emphasis on the evidence-based skills, capacities, and dispositions needed for effective, collaborative, and quality leadership. The program includes two 6-credit action-oriented projects focused on leadership.
Research Project (12 credits)
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EDEM 625
Project 1
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Theoretical or practical project under the supervision of a departmental faculty member to explore and analyze an area of interest relevant to the concentration in leadership or curriculum.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEM 627
Project 2
6 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Extension of Project 1 or new project.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
Required Courses (12 credits)
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EDEM 609
Critical Perspect Ed Theo&Res
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Critical exploration of contemporary issues in educational theory and research, in terms of current scholarship in the field, current educational contexts, and various research paradigms. Educational issues as expressions of social, ethical, political, economic, epistemological and cultural reconfigurations. Students will learn to be critical consumers of educational theories and research.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Fall, Winter
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
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EDEM 610
Leadership in Action
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Teaches the use of reflective practice to develop theories of leadership action in educational settings. Also provides students with the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary to engage in processes to improve individual and organizational performance. Special emphasis will be given to communication, problem solving and decision-making.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- Lynn Butler Kisber, Joseph A Levitan
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EDEM 673
Leadership Theory in Education
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores theory and research on leadership approaches (including leadership styles, strategies, and communication practices) and the role of leadership theory in educational settings.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 690
Research Methods: Theo & Pract
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Overview of the epistemological foundations of a range of research methods, including but not limited to quantitative, philosophical, qualitative, arts-based, and mixed methods. Students will learn techniques to conduct research and to develop a research proposal.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Fall, Winter
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
Complementary Courses (15 credits)
9 credits selected from the following courses:
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EDEM 606
Educational Leadership Issues
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on the critical analysis and appraisal of leadership issues across geographic, linguistic, racial, gender and cultural contexts from a comparative perspective. Students will analyze their own experience. This is a co-constructed
course designed to speak specifically to students’ realities and address areas of learning identified by the practitioner-learners in the class.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
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EDEM 628
Education Resource Management
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores the concepts and skills necessary to manage the human and financial resources of small organizations (schools, NGOs, departments). Among the areas explored are labour contracts, supervision, grant writing and fundraising, use of volunteers, managing site-based budgets.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 630
Workplace Learning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Drawing on different theoretical perspectives, research, and policy discourse, this course explores how changes in the contemporary character of work has produced transformations in how workplace learning is conceived and practiced.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 635
Fiscal Accountability in Educ
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on accountability in schools and education systems, public responsibility,
budgeting, and measures of educational performance.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 637
Managing Educational Change
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores conceptual approaches to managing school improvement and organizational change with applications such as conflict management, action planning, coaching, shared vision-building and problem solving. Uses relevant case
studies to bring theory into practice.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 644
Curriculum Develop & Implement
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores and critiques the processes of curriculum development, implementation and evaluation in relation to the field of curriculum studies. The focus will be on the role of the educator/leader as a curriculum professional in formal and non-formal learning environments.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEM 646
Planning and Evaluation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on contemporary approaches to planning, monitoring and evaluating programs across a range of contexts (K-graduation, college, non-governmental organization, adult education centre). Areas of study include adaptive and strategic management, results-based management, log frame analysis, systems assessment, stakeholder analysis, and fourth generation evaluation.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEM 660
Community Relations in Educ
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Examines the role of school community relations to foster high quality learning environments. Explores and discusses methods for encouraging public involvement in education, the role of the leader in facilitating community engagement, and issues and dilemmas in community relations.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 664
Education and the Law
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: The legal and institutional framework of Canadian education systems; legal terminology and the tools and methods of legal research; selected public and private law issues in Canadian education.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 671
Role of the Leader
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores the roles, expectations and skills related to the task of the educational leader and the implications for school climate and effectiveness.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 674
Organizational Theory & Educ
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on contemporary organization theories and their implications for education and the management of learning environments. Also examines how theories of organizational research, strategy, and organizational learning can be applied in practice.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 675
Spec Top 1 in Ed Leadership
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores important current issues in the field of Educational Leadership Studies. (Content varies from year to year).
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
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EDEM 677
Spec Top 2 in Ed Leadership
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores important current issues in the field of Educational Leadership Studies. (Content varies from year to year.)
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 681
Practicum-Admin Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on field studies and applied research, including the preparation of a research report. Using case studies and problem-based learning, students will draw from practical and/or contextual examples to understand educational
leadership in context.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 693
School Improvement Approaches
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on the analysis of action and research approaches used to improve school
performance. Explores the collection and use of data to improve decisions making; strategies for creating interventions to improve schools; and political and social facets of making good ideas become good policy and practice in schools.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEM 695
Policy Studies in Education
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Focuses on issues in the field of policy studies with specific reference to the formulation, analysis, and assessment of educational policies. Particular focus on strategic policy implementation, analysis of unintended policy consequences and responsive policy-making.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
6 credits selected from the following courses:
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EDEC 575
Special Topics in Education
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: In-depth study of current topic(s) in the field of education.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Restrictions: Open only to higher-level Undergraduate students and Master's students.
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EDEC 602
Foundations in Curriculum
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: This course introduces the field of curriculum studies, including a historical approach to the discourses, debates and issues that have shaped it. Students will actively explore relationships between curriculum theory and professional as well as pedagogical practice.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEC 604
Literacy&Learning Across Curr
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: Examination of the central role of language in learning across the curriculum: the processes by which pupils acquire information and understanding and the ways in which teaching must take account of these processes: learning through talk, learning by writing, learning from text.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEC 606
Self-Stdy,Autoeth,&Autobcl Res
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: Critical and ethical engagement with the relationship between self and other through various auto/biographical approaches to research in education, such as self-study, autoethnography, currere, life writing, artistic practices, writing the self, and memory-work. Exploration of various forms of writing, representation, analysis and critical discussion
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEC 612
Digital Media and Learning
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: This course addresses emerging theories, pedagogies, and practices related to youth learning through digital media and online participatory cultures. Through direct engagement with multiple forms of digital media and youth, students will consider implications for teaching and learning within and beyond schools.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Fall
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fifth lecture day.
- Please note: students taking this course as part of a Teacher Education Program leading to certification will also integrate e-portfolios.
- Terms
- Instructors
- Aron L Rosenberg
- Stephen Peters
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EDEC 620
Meanings of Literacy
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: Investigation of basic issues related to definitions of literacy. Issues include new directions in literacy and education, the need for non-print literacies in contemporary life, and the challenges these changes present for educators.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Winter
- Restriction: Not open to students who have taken EDEM 620.
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EDEC 625
MA Sem in Practice-Based TE1
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: Seminar that provides an overview of research in practice-based teacher education, across content areas, and apprenticeship opportunities in teacher preparation contexts.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Restrictions: Open only to students enrolled in the MA in Education and Society; MA in Leadership; MA in Second Language Education; or permission of instructor
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEC 628
Lit-Multiling/Multicult Settgs
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: This course examines the teaching of literacy in a range of multilingual and multicultural settings in schooling and society, primarily from the sociocultural perspectives of self and group identity as well as empowerment within majority-minority group relations.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEC 635
Research Writing
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: The course offers a research-led introduction to processes and practices of research writing. Working to develop their research writing projects, students learn to examine, critically reflect on, and participate in the research writing practices in their fields, guided by current research on the discursive construction of knowledge.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEC 648
Hist Knowledge & Social Change
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: This course provides a deep understanding of how individuals and societies use history for purposes of giving meaning and acting in social reality. The emphasis is on the workings of historical consciousness for addressing educational and other societal issues of concern. Special attention will be given to exploring how history can be used for fostering positive changes for the betterment of society. The aim is to exercise participants' own historical sense making processes and to help locate their social posture to serve as a springboard for making a difference as future practitioners for improving the quality of a common future life.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDEC 650
Critical Race Studies & Educ
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Curriculum and Instruction: Investigates the relationships among race, racialization, and education. Defines education as the processes through which we claim identities, make knowledge
claims, and how we learn to take action in the world. Concerned with 1) how we come to know and produce knowledge through race, 2) the pedagogical processes
that normalize racial inequity; and 3) the impact of racializing knowledge and structures for variously racialized persons in educational settings. Surveys a
range of intersectional critical race theoretical frameworks particularly in Canada. Relevant for developing a critically-engaged educational practice, for whom race,
racialization, and social justice are central concerns.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDEM 655
Indigenous Res Methodologies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Admin & Policy Studies in Ed: Explores theoretical and methodological foundations of Indigenous research. Pays special attention to research positionality as seen through the lenses of settler
colonialism and Indigeneity. Highlights importance of Indigenous-led research and decolonizing methodologies. Considers various dimensions of Indigenous research
including relationality, responsibility, respect, and reflexivity. Examines the process of decolonizing research by centering Indigenous knowledges, languages, cultures, histories, and identities.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Not open to students who have taken EDEC 617 when topic was "Decolonizing and Indigenous Research Methodologies".
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDER 536
Crit and Ethic Dimen of Sex Ed
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Overview of the recent critical and ethical debates around Canadian sex education curricula and instruction. Special focus will be on: the social implications of the developmental category of ‘adolescent’, sexual citizenship, discourses as a tool of moral regulation and discipline, construction of gender, race and class in sex education, and the ways Canadian laws define issues of consent and abuse in relation to youth sexual activity.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Restrictions: Not open to students who have taken EDER 636.
- Not open to students who have taken EDER 626 when topic was "Critical and Ethical Dimensions of Sexualities Education”.
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDER 600
Globalization, Educ. & Change
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: The impact of globalization on educational institutions, processes and practices. Topics may include the politics of change, teachers' work, educational reform, technology, environment, educational management and leadership.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDER 607
Ethics and Values in Education
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Considers education as a concept and practice influenced by values (ethical, religious, aesthetic, cultural, political, etc.). Includes a critical examination of selected approaches to values education.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDER 608
Educ Implic of Social Theory
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: An analysis of some of the educational implications of various social and political theories: liberalism, Marxism and others.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDER 614
Sociology of Education
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Social context of schooling, including education and social stratification and socialization processes within and outside schools.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDER 615
Intro to PhilosophyofEducation
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Explores questions, aims, debates and modes of inquiry that characterize philosophical approaches to studying educational questions. Introduces philosophy of education as a distinctive field of educational research and may focus on figures or themes of contemporary interest.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDER 617
Aesthetics and Education
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: An examination and critical analysis of selected readings on the topic of aesthetics, with specific reference to their application to educational practice.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDER 622
Studies in Comparative Educ
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Comparative study of the economic, political and social aspects of education systems.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDER 625
Special Topics in Ed Studies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Explores important current issues in the field of Educational Studies. (Content varies from year to year.)
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDER 626
Theory&Praxis of Cult&Citzshp
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Study and critique of contemporary ethics and cultural education models with a specific emphasis on Quebec’s Culture and Citizenship program. Introduction to a variety of theoretical and practical perspectives on the roles culture and citizenship play starting from our personal lives to the classroom.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- Terms
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
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EDER 639
Education and Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Theories of development and the contribution of education to political, economic and social change.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDER 643
Women, Education&Development
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: This course will trace the major theoretical developments in women and development and relate them to educational issues in the formal, non-formal and informal settings. There will be an emphasis on the significance and policy implications of women's education for sustainable developments in the countries of the South.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
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EDER 649
Educ:Multicultural Societies
3 Credits
Offered in the:
- Fall
- Winter
- Summer
Religious Studies: Majority-minority relations and their implications for educational policy and practice.
Offered by: Integrated Studies in Ed
- **Due to the intensive nature of this course, the standard add/drop and withdrawal deadlines do not apply. Add/drop is the second lecture day and withdrawal is the fourth lecture day.
- Terms
- This course is not scheduled for the 2024-2025 academic year
- Instructors
- There are no professors associated with this course for the 2024-2025 academic year
Elective Courses (6 credits)
6 credits at the 500, 600, or 700 level chosen in consultation with the Graduate Program Coordinator or the Graduate Program Director.
